June 22, 2009

Kodak to Stop Making Kodachrome

Eastman Kodak Co. said Monday it will discontinue its iconic Kodachrome color film
this year due to tumbling sales as photographers embrace newer Kodak
films or digital-imaging technology. Kodak introduced the amateur color film in 1935 and it became the
first commercially successful color film. But sales are just a fraction
of 1% of the company's still-picture film revenue. The company doesn't
break out such figures, but the segment in which Kodak's film sales are
recorded had first-quarter revenue of $503 million.